Los Angeles FC vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Los Angeles FC

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Seattle Sounders FC

Sat 30 Jul 2022 · 03:00 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Diego Palacios 45' Y

Y 76' Fredy Montero

Y 81' Xavier Arreaga

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles FC vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at Banc of California Stadium.

Los Angeles FC 19 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles FC 21 games · Avg 2.9 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-07-30 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2022-06-18 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC 2021-10-27 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2021-05-17 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Los Angeles FC 2021-04-24 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
24 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–0	W
18 Jul	Nashville SC	A	2–1	W
09 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	3–2	W
03 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–1	L
30 Jun	FC Dallas	H	3–1	W

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	1–2	L
24 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–1	W
17 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L
14 Jul	Nashville SC	A	0–1	L
09 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	0–3	L
02 Jul	Toronto FC	A	2–0	W

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Seattle Sounders FC
#17	Position	#24
34	Points	24
19	Played	17
10 / 4 / 5	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 7
35	Scored	20
19	Conceded	22
+16	GD	-2
1.79	PPG	1.41
53%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

5/2

31-45

7/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/2

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	8 G	2 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Los Angeles FC and Seattle Sounders FC is underway.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Seattle Sounders FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
14' Jesus Murillo makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Seattle Sounders FC are in front.
19' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles FC that had 289 games and scored 582 goals.
24' Jordan Morris is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Los Angeles FC so far.
27' GOAL! Carlos Vela scores on 27.
32' Los Angeles FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Seattle Sounders FC's shape.
35' Sensational shot from Kwadwo Opoku. Los Angeles FC is back in the lead.
40' It’s high time Brian Schmetzer made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
44' Carlos Vela with the second goal in the match!
45' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Diego Palacios.
50' It looks surprising Los Angeles FC does not make any changes. Fredy Montero has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
55' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
56' Seattle Sounders FC make a change. Will Bruin trudges off to be replaced by Fredy Montero on 56 minutes.
57' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Jimmy Medranda by Jackson Ragen on 57 minute.
62' Seattle Sounders FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
63' Jhegson Mendez gets the nod from Los Angeles FC. He replaces Latif Blessing and will look to change the dynamic.
68' The Seattle Sounders FC bench stirs into life. Nouhou Tolo is withdrawn and Ethan Dobbelaere gets his opportunity.
72' The Los Angeles FC bench stirs into life. Kwadwo Opoku is withdrawn and Brian Rodriguez gets his opportunity.
76' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Fredy Montero on 76 minutes.
81' A meaty challenge results in booking for Xavier Arreaga on 81.
81' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Albert Rusnak exits the field as Leo Chu enters on 81.
83' Los Angeles FC ring the changes. Franco Escobar has done his job and it is now time for Ryan Hollingshead to step up.
88' With 0 assists to his name this season, Ilie Sanchez is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Seattle Sounders FC.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-1.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios
14
Giorgio Chiellini ↓ Sebastien Ibeagha 72'
9
Cristian Arango ↓ Gareth Bale 63'
6
Ilie Sanchez
10
Carlos Vela
7
Latif Blessing ↓ Jhegson Mendez 63'
2
Franco Escobar ↓ Ryan Hollingshead 83'
16
Maxime Crepeau
20
Jose Cifuentes
22
Kwadwo Opoku ↓ Brian Rodriguez 72'
3
Jesus Murillo

Bench

11
Gareth Bale ↑ 63'
24
Ryan Hollingshead ↑ 83'
77
John McCarthy
25
Sebastien Ibeagha ↑ 72'
32
Jhegson Mendez ↑ 63'
4
Eddie Segura
17
Brian Rodriguez ↑ 72'
5
Mamadou Fall

Coach Steven Cherundolo

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

12
Fredy Montero ↑ 56'
30
Stefan Cleveland
84
Joshua Atencio
23
Leo Chu ↑ 81'
45
Ethan Dobbelaere ↑ 68'
25
Jackson Ragen ↑ 57'
99
Dylan Teves

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Vela	5
Jordan Morris	5
Nicolas Lodeiro	5
Diego Rossi	4
Mateusz Bogusz	3
Eduard Atuesta	3
Denis Bouanga	3
Raul Ruidiaz	3

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-07-30 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-07-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-07-18 Nashville SC 1–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-07-09 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-07-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Los Angeles FC L 2022-06-30 Los Angeles FC 3–1 FC Dallas W

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2022-07-30 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-07-24 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2022-07-17 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-07-14 Nashville SC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-07-09 Seattle Sounders FC 0–3 Portland Timbers L 2022-07-02 Toronto FC 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.73 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.87 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC58% Draw25% Seattle Sounders FC17%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.6

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

82%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

42%

Los Angeles FC or Seattle Sounders FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC39% Draw46% Seattle Sounders FC15%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

12.1%

1 – 1

12%

2 – 0

10.9%

0 – 0

9.4%

2 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

6.1%

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

5.4%

1 – 2

4.7%

2 – 2

4.1%

0 – 2

2.7%

4 – 0

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	18%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	24%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	12%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

42% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.